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# dnsmasq
###### guide by example
![logo](https://i.imgur.com/SOa4kRd.png)
# Purpose
Lightweight DHCP and DNS server.
* [Official site](http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html)
* [Arch wik](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/dnsmasq)
# Files and directory structure
```
/etc/
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├── dnsmasq.conf
├── hosts
└── resolve.conf
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```
# Installation
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Install dnsmasq from your linux official repos
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# Configuration
Configuration file location: /etc/dnsmasq.conf
`dnsmasq.conf`
```bash
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# DNS --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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# Never forward plain names (without a dot or domain part)
domain-needed
# Never forward addresses in the non-routed address spaces.
bogus-priv
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# If you don't want dnsmasq to read /etc/resolv.conf
no-resolv
no-poll
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# DHCP and DNS interface and address
interface=enp0s25
listen-address=::1,127.0.0.1
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# Upstream Google and Cloudflare nameservers
server=8.8.8.8
server=1.1.1.1
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# DNS wildcards ----------------------------------------------------------------
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# wildcard dns entry sending domain and all its subdomains to an ip
address=/blabla.org/192.168.1.2
# subdomain override
address=/plex.blabla.org/192.168.1.3
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# DHCP -------------------------------------------------------------------------
dhcp-range=192.168.1.51,192.168.1.199,255.255.255.0,480h
# gateway
dhcp-option=3,192.168.1.1
dhcp-authoritative
#dhcp-leasefile=/var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases
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```
# resolv.conf
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Contains DNS nameservers to be used by this linux machine.</br>
Since dnsmasq, a DNS server, is running right on this machine,
the entries should point to localhost.
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Bit of an issue is that this file is often changed by various system services,
like systemd or dhcpcd.
To prevent this, `resolv.conf` will be flagged as immutable,
which prevents all possible changes to it unless the attribute is removed.
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Edit /`etc/resolv.conf` and set localhost as the dns nameserver.
`resolv.conf`
```
nameserver ::1
nameserver 127.0.0.1
```
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Make it immutable to prevent any changes to it.
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* `chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf`
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Check if the content is what was set.
* `cat /etc/resolv.conf`
If it was changed by dhcpcd, edit `/etc/dhcpcd.conf`
and add `nohook resolv.conf` at the end.</br>
Restart the machine, disable the immutability, edit it again,
add immutability, and check.
* `sudo chattr -i /etc/resolv.conf`
* `sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf`
* `sudo chattr +i /etc/resolv.conf`
* `cat /etc/resolv.conf`
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# /etc/hosts
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dnsmasq reads `/etc/hosts` for IP hostname pairs entries.
This is where you can add hostnames you wish to route to local servers.
Unfortunately no wildcard support.
But as seen in the `dnsmasq.conf` there is a wildcard section solving this,
so blabla stuff here is redundant.
`hosts`
```
127.0.0.1 docker-host
192.168.1.2 docker-host
192.168.1.1 gateway
192.168.1.2 blabla.org
192.168.1.2 nextcloud.blabla.org
192.168.1.2 book.blabla.org
192.168.1.2 passwd.blabla.org
192.168.1.2 grafana.blabla.org
```
# Start the services
`sudo systemctl enable --now dnsmasq`
# Test it
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#### DHCP
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Set some machine to use DHCP for its network setting.
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It should just work.
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You can check on the dnsmasq host, file `/var/lib/misc/dnsmasq.leases`
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for the active leases.
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#### DNS
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* `nslookup google.com`
* `nslookup gateway`
* `nslookup docker-host`
* `nslookup blabla.org`
* `nslookup whateverandom.blabla.org`
* `nslookup plex.blabla.org`
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# Update
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During host linux packages update.
# Backup and restore
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#### Backup
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Using [BorgBackup setup](https://github.com/DoTheEvo/selfhosted-apps-docker/tree/master/borg_backup)
that makes daily snapshot of the entire /etc directory
which contains the config files.
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#### restore
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Replace the config files with the one from backup